Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	494
2	Patricia	423
3	Barbara	391
4	Carol	258
5	Linda	249
6	Susan	222
7	Margaret	207
8	Sandra	191
9	Nancy	174
10	Carolyn	172
11	Judith	163
12	Sharon	147
13	Joyce	138
14	Diane	136
15	Donna	125
16	Shirley	118
17	Joan	117
18	Karen	114
18	Kathleen	114
20	Betty	113
21	Elizabeth	112
22	Gloria	107
23	Janet	106
24	Jean	95
25	Dorothy	83
26	Ann	81
27	Martha	75
28	Helen	72
28	Jacqueline	72
28	Judy	72
31	Brenda	71
32	Janice	70
33	Marilyn	66
34	Jane	63
35	Cheryl	62
35	Frances	62
37	Diana	61
37	Pamela	61
39	Ruth	60
40	Doris	58
40	Virginia	58
42	Catherine	56
43	Anne	55
43	Gail	55
45	Beverly	52
46	Bonnie	50
47	Ellen	48
48	Alice	47
49	Marie	46
49	Sarah	46

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	707
2	James	667
3	Robert	624
4	William	577
5	Richard	416
6	Michael	348
7	Charles	331
8	Thomas	296
9	David	286
10	Joseph	246
11	Ronald	202
12	George	193
13	Donald	180
14	Edward	151
15	Paul	139
16	Stephen	137
17	Kenneth	123
18	Gary	94
18	Lawrence	94
20	Frank	91
21	Peter	78
22	Dennis	77
22	Raymond	77
24	Daniel	76
24	Larry	76
26	Walter	70
27	Arthur	68
28	Douglas	65
29	Steven	62
30	Gerald	55
31	Harold	53
31	Harry	53
33	Bruce	52
33	Mark	52
35	Henry	51
36	Carl	47
37	Albert	46
37	Wayne	46
39	Eugene	44
39	Philip	44
39	Ralph	44
42	Alan	43
43	Leonard	42
43	Roger	42
45	Anthony	41
46	Andrew	39
46	Earl	39
46	Frederick	39
46	Patrick	39
46	Samuel	39